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Search and rescue people look for possible survivors in the rubble of a four-story parking garage that was under construction and collapsed at the Miami Dade College?s West Campus on October 10, 2012 in Doral, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Miami’s parking garage collapse victims identified

Twelve hours after the collapse of an under-construction parking garage in Miami, rescue teams pulled 53-year-old Samuel Perez from the rubble, according to a local NBC affiliate in South Florida . Perez was airlifted to a nearby hospital after rescue workers had to amputate both of his legs to free him. Perez died at around 4 am Thursday morning, Miami-Dade police said.

Police have also identified the other two workers killed in the collapse as Carlos Hurtado de Mendoza, 48, and Jose Calderon, 60.

Hundreds of Miami-Dade County rescue workers continued their search at daylight Thursday morning looking for Robert Budhoo, a construction worker who is believed to still be trapped in the rubble.

The accident occurred Wednesday morning at around 11:40 am on Miami Dade College’s West campus where construction on the five-story parking garage was brought to a stop.

Described as a “pancake collapse” by Miami-Dade firefighters, the damage also left nine other people injured.